diff --git a/sklearn/feature_extraction/text.py b/sklearn/feature_extraction/text.py
index bb5a9d646..11236d958 100644
--- a/sklearn/feature_extraction/text.py
+++ b/sklearn/feature_extraction/text.py
@@ -130,10 +130,7 @@ def strip_accents_unicode(s):
         ASCII equivalent.
     """
     normalized = unicodedata.normalize('NFKD', s)
-    if normalized == s:
-        return s
-    else:
-        return ''.join([c for c in normalized if not unicodedata.combining(c)])
+    return ''.join([c for c in normalized if not unicodedata.combining(c)])
 
 
 def strip_accents_ascii(s):
